James Tyrrell

James Tyrrell (1455-6 May 1502) was an English knight and a servant of King Richard III of England who was responsible for murdering the Princes in the Tower in 1483.

Biography
James Tyrrell was born into a family of nobility from Suffolk and Essex, and he fought on the Yorkist side at the Battle of Tewkesbury during the Wars of the Roses. A few months later, he entered into the service of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and he earned Richard's trust after murdering the Princes of the Tower with a pillow in 1483. Tyrrell was appointed High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1484, and he was in France at the time of the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. King Henry VII of England pardoned Tyrrell on his return to England, and he named him Governor of Guines. However, he was executed for treason in 1502 for supporting the rebellion of Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk.